I don't usually like to paint outdoors, but recently I've been venturing out more and more, just to get away from the sound of the freeway (and freeway construction!) that plagues my current studio. Standing in the sand on an empty beach beats a noisy studio any day. And I'm having fun getting loose with these plein air paintings, I have a vision of what I'm striving for them to look like (and...
This was some practice in taking a very busy scene and uncluttering it enough to get a decent painting. I like this type of challenge when I'm painting on a small scale, it's a little painful doing it for larger pieces
Considering the awful photo I had to work from (it was just kind of a blah day when we took our tour), I'm really happy with how this one turned out. I have a little bit more confidence in my ability to imagine things, like the sunlight on this bridge for instance.
